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Control Tower OS
A Day 0–100 operating system for acquisitions and project launches — tracking people, systems, SOPs, budgets, and milestones in one place.
PMOAcquisition IntegrationBudget TrackingMilestones
Impact Highlights
Day 0–100
Launch control
People + SOPs
Workstream tracking
Budget / draws
Commitment control
Gate reviews
Milestone pacing
Before vs After
Before
- • Integration plans scattered across email, slides, and shared drives
- • No single view of who owns what across workstreams
- • Budget commitments tracked in disconnected spreadsheets
- • Milestones and gate reviews managed informally with no audit trail
After
- • Centralized workstream tracker covering people, systems, and SOPs
- • Budget and commitment tracking with draw schedules and variance flags
- • Milestone and gate review pacing with status visibility across stakeholders
- • Reporting pack readiness dashboard for board and steering committee updates
- • Structured Day 0–100 playbook adaptable to acquisitions and new project launches
Key Decisions
1
Designed for Day 0 clarity — teams should know ownership and scope before integration begins
2
Budget tracking includes commitments and draws, not just actuals — forward visibility matters
3
Kept reporting pack structure lean: one view for the board, one for the operating team
What I'd do next (given more time)
- →Add dependency mapping between workstreams for critical path analysis
- →Build automated reporting pack generation from live data
- →Include risk register with escalation workflow
- →Support multi-entity rollouts for platform acquisitions